Here is my most recent reading list of books I've read over the last several months or so:
Salvation is from the Jews: The role of Judaism in salvation history from Abraham to the second coming by Roy H. Schoeman
I'm not sure how to summarise this book. What I found amazing, is that right in the middle of it is a section devoted to the Ideological Foundations of Nazism, which drew on material from The Poisoned Stream and the Pink Swastika, both of which can found on our books sidebar.
Schoeman also explains the "economy of perdition", how it can be observed in Nazism. For, as St Paul says: "We are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in heavenly places." (Ephesians 6:12)
Honey from the Rock: Sixteen Jews find the sweetness of Christ by Roy H. Schoeman
The book starts with the most stunning conversion story of a Jew who didn't believe in God until he was confronted with a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Most of the other conversion stories aren't as dramatic, but are still a riveting read. This book was fantastic. A couple of the conversion stories are available on Roy Schoeman's website.
My Visit to Hell by Paul Thigpen
A modern "Dante's Inferno". I was a bit worried about reading this book, but after a couple of weeks of putting it next to me to read and then not opening it, I finally took the plunge. It was surprisingly unscary, but definitely thought provoking. If you are a of the mind that an unjust God sends people to Hell, in this book you'll find out how people send themselves there.
Push Not the River by James Conroyd Martin
A story based on the real diary of a Polish Countess, set in the late 1700's during the time of the French Revolution and the Polish Constitution, right before the dismemberment of Poland by the three major European powers (Russia, Austria, Prussia) of the time. Really, really interesting history bound up with the astonishingly hair raising life of the Countess.
Salvation is from the Jews: The role of Judaism in salvation history from Abraham to the second coming by Roy H. Schoeman
I'm not sure how to summarise this book. What I found amazing, is that right in the middle of it is a section devoted to the Ideological Foundations of Nazism, which drew on material from The Poisoned Stream and the Pink Swastika, both of which can found on our books sidebar.
Schoeman also explains the "economy of perdition", how it can be observed in Nazism. For, as St Paul says: "We are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in heavenly places." (Ephesians 6:12)
The adversary draws men into sin by appealing to their vices - pride, desire for power, lust and so forth". He draws them deeper and deeper toward him and away from God by drawing them more and more deeply into sin - in this case sins against chastity, sexual perversions, sadism and murder. His power over them as individuals increases as they become more and more debauched in sin; their ability to reason and even their basic sanity dissolves away as his influence over their mind increases. Their morality spirals downward, leading both to greater and greater cruelty and sadism and also to greater and greater sexual degeneracy. They abandon anything resembling true religion, replacing it with idolatry, occultism, or outright Satanism.I strongly recommend this book to anyone seeking to understand why the Jews have been targeted throughout history.
Honey from the Rock: Sixteen Jews find the sweetness of Christ by Roy H. Schoeman
The book starts with the most stunning conversion story of a Jew who didn't believe in God until he was confronted with a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Most of the other conversion stories aren't as dramatic, but are still a riveting read. This book was fantastic. A couple of the conversion stories are available on Roy Schoeman's website.
My Visit to Hell by Paul Thigpen
A modern "Dante's Inferno". I was a bit worried about reading this book, but after a couple of weeks of putting it next to me to read and then not opening it, I finally took the plunge. It was surprisingly unscary, but definitely thought provoking. If you are a of the mind that an unjust God sends people to Hell, in this book you'll find out how people send themselves there.
Push Not the River by James Conroyd Martin
A story based on the real diary of a Polish Countess, set in the late 1700's during the time of the French Revolution and the Polish Constitution, right before the dismemberment of Poland by the three major European powers (Russia, Austria, Prussia) of the time. Really, really interesting history bound up with the astonishingly hair raising life of the Countess.